Samuel meredith



S. MEREDITH;

Car Heater.

Patented April. 12, 1870.

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SAMUEL MEREDITH, OF WEST PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF, JOHN WOOD, AND O. B. DODD, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 101,753, dated April 12,1870.

RAILROAD-CAR STOVE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ot'lzhe saine.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL'MEREDITH, ofWest Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia. and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful- Improvement in Railroad-Car Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the. same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my im-' proved railroad-car stove.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section of the same, taken through the line a; 2:, fig. 1. I

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of my invention is improvement in that class of railroad-car stoves which is.provided with tanks for holding water, to protect the car and pas-' sengers from any danger from fire, should the stove be overturned or thrown out of place by any accident; and

The improvement consists in the construction of the base or lower half of the cylindrical portion of the stoye, as hereinafter set forth.

A is the fire-chamber of the stove.

B is a water-tank, formed upon the bottom of the stove, or to which the said bottom of the stove is securely attached, and which is. made larger than the stove, so as to project at its sides, as shown in figs. 1 and 2. I I

G is a chamber formed around the. lower part or fire-chamber of the stove, by means of a casing, D, as shown in figs. 1 and 2, the upper" edge of said casing being bent inward, and securely attachedto the sides of the stove, at or near the upper part of the fire-box A.-

Through the top of the tank B, all around the sides of the stove, is formed a circle of holes, said holes being between the lower edge of the side walls ,of the stove and the loweredge of the casing D, so as to open into the chamber 0, as shown in fig. 1.

All around theistove, just below-the line where the upper edge of the casing D is connected with the side walls of the stove, is formed a circle of holes through the side walls of the fire-chamber A, opening into the chamber 0 and into the lire-chamber A, so that should the stove be overturned by any accident, the water may flow from the tank B through the chamber 0, and into the fire-chamber A, extinguishing the fire before any damage can result from it.

E is an inwardly-projecting flange, formed around the upper part of the fire chamber A, just above the circle of holes leading into the chamber 0, as shown in fig. 1, so that as the water flows through the said holes, it may strike against the flange E and be projected downward directly upon the fire, and inore surely extinguish it.

F is the draught-passage leading through the chamher 0 beneath-the grate G, so as to supply air to support the combustion of the fuel. The water may be introduced into the tank through a short pipe 'or opening, H, which is closed by a screw-cap or by other suitable means.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.' The inwardly-projecting flange E, formed around the upper part of the fire-box A, whereby the water entering the latter from the annular chamber 0 will be directed downward, as and for the purpose specified.

2. The fire-chamber A, with the flange E and perforated walls, the casing D completely iuclosing the same, with the annular water-conducting chamber 0 between them, and theair-tube F, all constructed and arranged as and for the purpose specified. \Vituesses: SAM. MEREDITH.

Tuno. J. SMITH, SAML. L. MEREDITH. 

